Kandi Podi

Ingredients:

• Toor dal - 2 cups
• Bengal gram dal - 1 cup
• Moong dal - 1 cup
• Urad dal - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
• Asafetida powder - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 10
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Fry each dal in a pan separately without oil until they turn brown with good aroma and keep aside
• In the same pan, fry red chillies until they become crisp and add cumin seeds at the end
• Mix fried dals, red chillies, cumin seeds and Asafetida. Grind them into powder ( but not very fine) and add salt.
• Eat it with hot rice / idli and ghee

Tip:

If you like garlic, add 7 to 10 garlic pods (no need to fry) towards the end while grinding the dal mixture.